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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1868
Page
2
The farmers in Aroostook County Maine have increased wheat planting after a poor past season. They have decided to devote much of their attention to wheat cultivation in the area.
The readable fragments reference a day of events and a group called Pitekoes of the Aladigtty. Details are unclear due to garbled text but the context suggests a community notice or brief item about a meeting or ritual. No full names or dates are discernible.
Yesterday morning at sea the sailing event near the coast was disrupted by the absence of J Voorhis from the Gracie. The race was postponed and then abandoned after a sailing master reported the time limit had passed, leaving the Gracie still with the pennant.
The Pre new suspension bridge over Niagara Falls began over a year ago and should finish by late November. It runs from below the American Falls to near Clifton House. The span measures 1,268 feet four inches with two cabins totaling 1,900 feet in length, claimed to be the world’s longest suspension span.
A contract has been made with the city of Paris to purchase paving stones for shipment across the Atlantic. The stones will be used to pave principal thoroughfares in Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
A few days ago in Wellfleet Massachusetts Joseph Harding discovered several cases of liquor buried in a cantt of a manda. Twenty six demijohns of wine were found, all widely covered and decayed at the covering. The deputy collector has taken charge of them.
In Rome Floyd County a new coin price of fifty cents per bushel draws Savannah observers to remark that the “good old times” may be returning. The stray comment hints at nostalgia amid uncertain agricultural markets.
Report states Honorable Schuyler Colfax will visit Newport soon, with plans to arrive in the near future. The announcement highlights Colfax as a leading political figure and notes the expected public interest in his Newport stop.
A fragmented 19th century style recap notes a Swede expedition returning from the North Pole, a fashion of Elopements, and Puritan settlement. It mentions shingles on the Old State House at Newport 200 years old, a Belfast paper on late frost, a Cincinnati mother injuring a child, and a river freight loss. It also covers Maine centenarian, Spanish liberal ideas on Cuba slavery, perpetual motion claims, Louisiana sugar crop damage, and the booming boot and shoe trade with Boston pipe shipments.
Clinton New York week of lectures featured Dr Allen Morrow delivering accessible talks on gatekeeper subjects with strong delivery and tact. A series of Town Hall discussions followed last week with Elder E R Wood and Dr Morrot debating whether scriptures teach mortal nature and the fate of the wicked.
On a Fall River to Fall River voyage the Bradford Durfea ran over a small boat in Mt Hope Bay injuring two men who were rescued by the steamers boats and brought to town.
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